Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) is constructing 19 trucks rest stops and lay-bys across several hotspots in Dubai in collaboration with the private sector.
The project includes three integrated trucks lay-bys.
One in partnership with the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) and two in partnership with Almutakamela Vehicle Testing and Registration.
Dubai truck stop plan
In cooperation with ADNOC, RTA will also construct 16 trucks rest stops across Dubai in six key locations, strategic roads, and logistic cities that attract a huge number of trucks daily.
Locations include:
- Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road
- Emirates Road
- Dubai-Hatta Road
- Dubai-Al Ain Road
- Jebel Ali – Lehbab Road
- Al Aweer Road
The total area of the 19 trucks rest stops and lay-bys is more than 300,000sq m, with a capacity to accommodate more than 1,000 trucks and heavy vehicles.
The three integrated trucks lay-bys provide a host of services that step up the safety and wellbeing of drivers such as diesel-refuelling stations, motels, maintenance workshops, restaurants, administrative buildings, prayer rooms, driving training centres, clinics, pharmacies, exchange shops, laundry, and other support services and facilities for the safety and wellbeing of heavy vehicle drivers.
The truck rest stops include service facilities, prayer rooms, diesel refuelling stations, restaurants, maintenance workshops, and rest areas for drivers.
The three integrated trucks lay-bys encompass a total area of more than 226,000sq metres, each with a capacity ranging from 120 to 200 trucks and heavy vehicles.
The lay-by undertaken by Almutakamela Vehicle Testing and Registration is located on Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Road near Jebel Ali Free Zone and Al Maktoum International Airport. It spans 100,000sq m, with a capacity of about 200 trucks.
The second layby, which is undertaken by ADNOC, is situated near Emirates Road, next to the Al Tayy Racetrack.
It boasts an area of 76,000sq m and has a capacity of 150 trucks.
The third layby, which is also undertaken by Almutakamela, is located nearby the entry to the Dubai Industrial City (DIC) and covers 51,000sq m with a capacity of approximately 120 trucks.
On the other hand, each of the trucks rest stops spans an area from 5,000 to 10,000sq, with a capacity to accommodate 30 to 40 trucks.
Mattar Al Tayer, Director General, Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors, RTA was delighted with this partnership with the private sector and the increased involvement of private firms in infrastructure and service projects.
He said: “The agreement reached with ADNOC and Almutakamela to build and operate these trucks rest stops and lay-bys aims to raise the profile of Dubai as a global hub for logistical transport besides enhancing the safety and well-being of drivers by providing amenities and services needed in their daily lives.
“The construction of trucks rest stops and lay-bys contributes significantly to improving traffic safety, reducing truck related accidents by up to 50 per cent, streamlining the traffic flow during truck ban times, increasing traffic awareness of truck drivers about traffic rules, and resolving the problem of parking trucks on main roads and residential areas”.
The project provides convenient facilities for truck drivers, especially during the ban timings on trucks movement on some roads, and meets the increasing demand for truck parking spaces, especially given the huge rise in the number of truck trips in Dubai to more than 300,000 trips per day lifting 1.5 metric tonnes of commodities per day.
The agreement for constructing trucks rest stops and lay-bys is the first of its kind in Dubai and addresses all provisions of Law No. (22) of 2015 regulating the public-private partnership in Dubai, whereby the two companies will cater to the construction and operation of the stations.
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